Golf in Rice Lake

Rice Lake is a city in Barron County, set in the lake country of northwestern Wisconsin between Eau Claire and the Hayward Northwoods. As a commercial hub for the region, the city anchors an area dotted with lakes and woods, with the lake at its center drawing anglers and boaters. Rice Lake grew around the timber trade and remains a center for the surrounding townships, in country that blends dairy farms with the lakes and forests typical of this part of the state. The area sits along the corridor linking the Chippewa Valley to the deeper north. Golfers in the area find recreational and club courses set among the lakes and timber. With Cumberland and Chetek nearby and Eau Claire to the south, Rice Lake offers a base for golf in northwestern Wisconsin, in the lake country of Barron County, where the lakes, the woods, and the dairy heritage shape the landscape between the Chippewa Valley and the Northwoods.